Issue 7 contributor Eula Biss was nominated in the criticism category for her collection of essays Notes From No Man’s Land: American Essays (Graywolf Press).

This book was also among Time Out Chicago’s top ten for 2009.  Also, an essay from the collection appeared in MAKE issue 7.  Basically, we strongly recommend you buy this book.

If you’re in Chicago, then check out the launch of MAKE contributing editor Kathleen Rooney’s latest book, the essay collection For You, For You I Am Trilling These Songs, on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 7:30 pm at Women and Children First at 5233 N. Clark Street. She will be joined by co-reader Erika Mikkalo.

4th Annual Printers’ Ball

Museum of Contemporary Art
220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago

The Printers’ Ball is an annual celebration of print literature in Chicago, hosted by Newcity, Poetry, and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), in collaboration with CHIRP, MAKE: A Chicago Literary Magazine, Proximity Magazine, Stop Smiling, Venus Zine, and over 100 local literary organizations. The event showcases a diverse selection of print publications, available free of charge, including magazines, journals, weeklies, posters, and broadsides, plus a full night of live entertainment.